For background context see EDVAC—Wikipedia
See also:
Stigler’s law of eponymy: “No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer”
Boyer’s law: “Mathematical formulas and theorems are usually not named after their original discoverers”
Matthew effect / “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer”
@roon on X: “the person who names a thing is often more powerful than the real discoverer”
Beware Amateur Science History—Robin Hanson
Berry’s 3 laws of discovery
Referencing Arnold, who also referenced Berry in “On teaching mathematics”
More eponymous laws
For background context see EDVAC—Wikipedia
See also:
Stigler’s law of eponymy: “No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer”
Boyer’s law: “Mathematical formulas and theorems are usually not named after their original discoverers”
Matthew effect / “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer”
@roon on X: “the person who names a thing is often more powerful than the real discoverer”
Beware Amateur Science History—Robin Hanson
Berry’s 3 laws of discovery
Referencing Arnold, who also referenced Berry in “On teaching mathematics”
More eponymous laws